Today we are extremely pleased to announce the receipt of a Silver CardiacSmart Award from the NWAS NHS Trust.

Very experienced team Call Out list member Mark Scott recently applied on line for the team to be considered for such, and on Friday 8th November, we received from Chief Executive Bob Williams of NWAS NHS Trust, a notification letter that we had successfully received this award, for our dedication to raising awareness of heart health, basic life support and the use of defibrillators.

Today team Call Out list member (and our Equipment Officer – Medical) Nigel Booth attended a very special awards ceremony, alongside other individuals’ and organisations, to actually receive this fantastic award at the NWAS NHS Trust CardiacSmart Event held this afternoon at Bolton Wanderers’ Reebok Stadium, which commenced at 14.00hrs.

Please keep watching our website for a full report on the proceedings of today, which will be uploaded shortly.

Final numbers 103 members of the public, at least 5 dogs, team members and approximately 40 people on horseback climbed Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to the Pike to climb the same height as Everest. So we managed to climb Everest twice. pic.twitter.com/vx13wRpn8E

We smashed 64 members of the public and 4 dogs have so far climbed the Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to climb the same height as Everest. Let’s see if we can get 100 people and climb it twice. pic.twitter.com/1FzzCRVet5

Runners and walkers are the group at most risk of accidental drowning in the UK - 77 people died in 2016 because they fell in the water whilst out for a run or a walk #BeWaterAwarepic.twitter.com/AfUVuX1WGz